Recommendations for AR type rifle/carbine

I have AR that does that and it is a very nice feature. Sight it in, mark its position and add "glasses;" it's truly the best of both worlds.
Personally, I've preferred optics since I was a kid and received a JC Hiiggins by Marlin 22 Mag with a Ted Williams 4X for Christmas.

 

@ghrit
I built a 7mmR Mag on an 03A4 action and my father used to say all it needed was wheels.

 

Well RR have you "sent" anything with it yet??????????

 

Or just use your tactical wheelbarrow....

 

HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO A SPRINGFIELD!!!

 

That's funny I don't care who you are

 

We used to buy them for $18 from the NRA-DCM at Letterkenny Army Depot off Rt 11 north of Chambersburg, PA. We couldn't afford a commercial rifle. I mowed lawns, shoveled snow and pulled thistles in a cow pasture for .50 a bundle to build it.
I bought a Douglas supreme barrel and for over 50 years it shot sub-moa with reloads. It has loosened up so I'm going to re-barrel it in 25-06.

If you want to feel sad?
The local car parts place sold them for $30 and the display was a galvanized trash can.

Edit:
Add AI for Ackley Improved to the 25-06

 

Sadness. I'd love to get my hands on a crate of those sob.

 

Those days are long gone. 1911-A1s were $25.

I use to hang out with a FFL. In the early 2000s, three of us bought a case of 6 AK-74s; cherry picked them and he sold the rest at gun shows. Under $200 for a SAR II and 1000 rounds. Those days are gone also.

 

@melbo
No length of barrel or trigger categories?

As the 5,56's terminal ballistics are velocity dependent; I lean towards 18".

 

Well have you shot it yet?